OBJECT Attachment: Online Discussion, Rhino Progress

    Since I've made cold connection/ attatchment designs before, I decided to go a slightly different route for this project. There will still be a connecting point (actually multiple) but the main focus of this design will be on the actual "thing" itself. I want to make a sort of  pointer for when I am wheel throwing in ceramics and want to make multiple identical pots. This tool helps show me where the lip of the pot needs to come up to and thus helps me make semi-identical forms. 

Something like this:

    After drawing a few concepts I found a better design that would be both easier to model and have less failure points which I think ultimately will be better. Now all I have to do is figure out a better way of attatching this to the wheel because my original idea isnt going to work

The first concept:

The second concept mor fleshed out:

    After Modeling in rhino a little bit I managed to make basically the entirety of the project excluding the wheel connection piece, which I still need to figure out a solution for.

The rhino designs:

    The first variation of the pointer piece connects to the body with a small pin, I referenced a T Pin I had lying around when extruding the hole.

I also started work on the bottom piece:

    I continued my work on these parts, and realized that for a proper connection to the wheel bed I would need to change the way the base piece connects to it. In the meantime I did print off what I had as a prototype to see if I was on the write track and what I needed to change.

    The mechansim to retract the pointed tip for easier removal of the piece:

The test piece fully connected and how it will (mostly) be attatched to the wheel: